Esmond Wright

Benjamin Franklin: An American In London

Esmond Wright recalls the life of the American philosopher, scientist and man of letters in his years in a street near Charing Cross.

Published March 1 2000

The Republic of Letters

Esmond Wright reviews a book on Thomas Jefferson and James Madison

Published June 30 1996

The Cambridge History Of American Foreign Relations

Esmond Wright reviews four volumes

Published May 31 1995

Preparing For The Twenty-First Century; Utopias And The Millennium; & Predicting The Future

Three new publications looking at the future

Published December 1 1993

The End Of Anglo-America; & American Studies

Two new works combining essays on America

Published June 30 1992

The links of sentiment and interest between Britain and the United States, though frequently subject to prophesies of continental drift, remain tenacious. Esmond Wright offers a personal perspective on the events and individuals that have forged the alliance over the past century.

Published March 31 1991

George Washington's New Clothes

200 years on, the 'inferior endorsements' that Washington brought to the first Presidential inauguration can be seen, Esmond Wright argues, as extraordinarily successful in setting constitutional precedents that have endured in the United States.

Published March 31 1989

America - 200 Years On

Esmond Wright examines the American constitution and its workings after two centuries.

Published August 31 1987

Mythistory and Other Essays

by William H. McNeill

Published January 1 1987

A Patriot For Whom? Benedict Arnold and the Loyalists

'My country, right or wrong' – but which country? The dilemmas of allegiance posed for Americans by the outbreak of war between the colonies and the British Crown led a cross-section of that society into the loyalist camp, including (with an eye to the main chance) 'the most brilliant soldier of the Continental Army', as Esmond Wright describes.

Published October 1 1986

Grant - A Biography

William S. McFeeley

Published February 1 1982

The Political Education of James Madison

James Madison, 1751-1836, the fourth president of the United States, is best remembered, according to Esmond Wright, for his personal integrity and the scholarly application which he brought to constitutional questions in which he collaborated with Thomas Jefferson.

Published December 1 1981